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“Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence.”

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John Wyndham's classic science fiction novel explores the aftermath of a global catastrophe that leaves the world's population blind, while a species of previously unknown, carnivorous plants, known as triffids, pose a deadly threat to the remaining sighted survivors. more

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John Wyndham

John Wyndham was an English science fiction writer known for his novels that often explore social and environmental issues. His works are renowned for their unique imagination and profound insights. more

“To tell the truth, this was one of the few cases in which she had not told him just what she was thinking. Usually, she let him know whatever thoughts happened to come to her, and indeed he never took it amiss if she let slip a word that might pain him, because when all was said and done that was the price one paid for sincerity.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Said Done Might Pain Cases Happened Paid Telling The Truth Sincerity Slips Said And Done

Author:Ismail Kadaré

“His suspicion that he was not going in the right direction tortmented him more and more. At last he had the conviction that he would never go anywhere but in the wrong direction, to the very end of the handful of days that was left to him, unhappy moonstruck pilgrim, whose April was to be cut off short.”

Ends Lasts Left Cutting Conviction Unhappy Suspicion Handful April Pilgrim Right Direction Wrong Direction Moonstruck

Author:Ismail Kadaré

“Montalbano felt moved. This was real friendship, Sicilian friendship, the kind based on intuition, on what was left unsaid. With a true friend, one never needs to ask, because the other understands on his own accordingly.”

Needs Kind Real Asks Left Felt Moved Intuition True Friend Unsaid Real Friendship Sicilian

Book:Inspector Montalbano: The first three novels in the series

Source: Inspector Montalbano: The first three novels in the series

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